Krimml Waterfalls

Krimml, Salzburg · Austria

5.7km

503m ascent

2:30hrs

There & backback to Krimml Wasserfälle

Moderate Rated by Zillertal Arena

May – OctoberSeasonMore

The Wasserfallweg is open from 1 May to the end of October, all day, and a fee is charged for using it. In 2026 it stays open until 1 November. The combined ticket with the WasserWelten is sold only at their ticket office.

Start: Krimml Wasserfälle · Bus 670 · ParkingKrimml Wasserfälle · Bus 670Krimml Wasserfälle

Food & drink: Gasthof Schönangerl1 on the way

Gasthof SchönangerlRestaurant · 1306 m

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Overview

At the head of the Salzach valley, above the village of Krimml, the Krimmler Ache drops 380 m over three steps into the valley. The Austrian Alpine Club's Warnsdorf-Krimml section looks after the Wasserfallweg beside the falls: a well-built path in zigzags with a string of viewing pulpits, from the Kürsingerplatz at the foot of the lowest fall to the Schettkanzel above the uppermost one.

From the car parks the lowest fall is ten to fifteen minutes away, and the way there is barrier-free as far as the Kürsingerplatz, where the spray reaches the platform. From there the path climbs to the upper fall in about an hour and a quarter. The route in this guide goes up to the Schettbrücke above the falls and back the same way.

Difficulty:

Moderate: the path is well built but climbs steadily in zigzags, about 500 m up and down for the whole route. Barrier-free only as far as the Kürsingerplatz at the lowest fall.

Food & drink:

Gasthof Hanke at the foot of the falls and Gasthof Schönangerl on the way up.

Map & profile

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Elevation profile↑ 503 m · ↓ 503 m

Profile approx., calculated from Copernicus DEM GLO-90; the figures above are the official ones.

Krimml Waterfall Path to the Schettbrücke

From the entrance a short way down to the Kürsingerplatz at the lowest fall, back past Gasthof Hanke and up the viewpoint path in zigzags past the pulpits, Gasthof Schönangerl and the Staubige Reib, where the spray reaches the path, over the uppermost step to the Schettbrücke. Back the same way.

Moderate · Source: Zillertal Arena

Route line: along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors)

Places on the way

5 places

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Photo: Dguendel, CC BY 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
WaterfallThe lowest of the three steps, ten to fifteen minutes from the car parks.
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Photo: Michael aus Halle, CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
WaterfallThe middle step, seen from the pulpits of the viewpoint path.
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© OpenStreetMap
Restaurant · 1306 m Inn on the way up, where the path levels out between the middle and the upper fall.

Plan your hike

Getting there

Bus: Krimml WasserfälleBus 670Timetable by Salzburger Verkehrsverbund
Start: Start by ≈ 15:11 at the latestlimited by daylight · walking time 2:30 h + 30 min buffer

Plan connection · ÖBB

Car: Car park Trattenköpfl≈ 300 m to the start (straight line)Paid car park by the falls.

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Getting there in detail

Bus 670 runs from Zell am See station via Mittersill to the stop Krimml Wasserfälle, about 400 m from the entrance to the Wasserfallweg. The current timetable is valid until 12 December 2026. By car on the Gerlos road (B165) to Krimml; there are paid car parks by the falls.

Latest start = the earlier of last bus or sunset, minus route time and 30 minutes. Sunset is calculated for the trailhead; in shaded terrain it gets dark earlier.